Story last updated at 7/21/2010 - 12:50 pm
HAINES - Award-winning Haines publisher and photographer Kathleen Menke has announced the release of her new photo book, "Spirits of the North--Two-legged, Four-legged, Winged, Finned, Rooted and Flowing." The book, Menke's third, is now available in book stores and gift shops throughout Alaska and the Pacific Northwest as well as online directly from the photographer at http://www.akmk.com.
The 80-page book contains over 200 original images of both people and nature across Alaska, the Yukon, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories. Tombstone Park and the Dempster Highway north to Inuvik is featured in the book, as is the Arctic. Readers will discover individual spirits, family spirits, spirits of the Arctic, youthful spirits, traditional spirits, spirits of music and dance, spirits in bloom, spirits among the blooms, midnight spirits, and more.
"The more time I spend in the north and in the wilderness of the north, the more I perceive spirit in everything I see," Menke says.
In her introduction, Menke writes: "Those who live in the north, visit the north, or merely long for and love the north, have already formed their own connection with the spirits that reside here. This book is composed of images that portray spirits that have impressed me on my own personal journey through the regions of Alaska, the Yukon, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories."
